This week I was able to speak to Jim Ciccarello, Girls Track and Field Coach at La Cueva High School. He has 53 years of experience with APS and coaching, starting out with age groupers with the Duke City Dashers and the Albuquerque Track Club. He is a member of the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame and has multiple coach of the year honors, but listening to him, it's not about that. It's about his love of the sport.
We talk about his start in the sport and the history of the sport in Albuquerque. He talks about getting started with coaching track and field, even though his original plan was to coach high school basketball.
He talked about motivating runners, picking staff, and staying in contact with his runners during this last year. We talk about what rebuilding might look like over the next year as well.
It was a fun conversation with one of the legends of the sport and we only scratched the surface. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Enjoy the warm weather, stay hydrated, and keep running, New Mexico.
Episode 136 - Jeff Cuno; Trail Runner, Founder of Primal Genes Coaching
Episode 135 - David Krummenacker; 2x NCAA Champion, 3x US 800 Champion, 2003 Indoor World Champion
Episode 134 - Anicka Newell; Canadian Pole Vaulter looking for her 3rd Olympic berth
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Episode 133 - Pablo Vigil; From the Mora to the Top of the Mountains
Episode 132 - Leah Purucker; Trail Runner, Chef at Daily Grind
Episode 131 - AJ Beach; Athlete Performance Therapist, Sandia Prep, UNM
Episode 130 - Kelsey Long; Navajo, Recent Boston Marathon Runner, Dirtbags Run, and more
Episode 129 - Timberlin (Timbo) Henderson; Dine Ultra Runner, Recent Winner at Monument Valley 50Miler
Episode 128 - Roman Gurule; Pojoaque, NMSU Grad, Creater of NewMexico.run
Episode 127 - Leah Futey; Multiple Time State Champion, Cleveland HS, Future Syracuse Orange
Episode 126 - Kurt Thomas; Hobbs Graduate, Head Track and Field Coach at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Episode 125 - Christina Aragon; 9x Stanford All American, Bowerman Track Club Athlete
Episode 124 - AJ Jones; Talking about Oregon Cascades 100
Episode 123 - Timothy Tays; Author of Wannabe Distance God
122 - Alicja Konieczek; On Sponsored, Polish Olympian, Steeplechaser
Episode 121 - Lindsey Herman; Leadville 100 3rd Place Finisher
Episode 120 - Lan Yazzen; Dine Runner and Ute 100 Finisher
Episode 119 - Kevin Brennan; Runner, Father, CPA, and Creator of the High Desert Dirt Blog
Episode118 - Del Jenkins; Owner of Ardor Elite Training Academy, Assistant Coach for Hope Christian High School
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